The Value of Copying
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"More than fun, it was an education. If you assiduously try to copy something, you can't help learn about what you're replicating. I understood more about Vermeer by painting my own Vermeer—about his use of light and sense of color and proportion—than I had ever learned by simply staring at his paintings."
"Then it hit me (yes, I'm a slow learner): this was how I'd learned to draw in the first place. When I was little kid, I didn't learn much from all those teachers urging me to express myself—frankly, I don't think I, or most people for that matter, have much to express, certainly not when they're six."
Thanks, Patrick O'Hearn
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